The Florida Highway Patrol said a woman was killed over the weekend while trying to check on an injured opossum.

Deputies in Hernando County had to use a drone to locate a suspected DUI driver who was thrown from a vehicle crash that ...

A Pasco man has been charged with driving under the influence after reckless driving on US-19 turned into a fiery explosion ...

A group of former Weeki Wachee mermaids got their wish granted this weekend—returning to the springs where they once ...

A $4.1 million taxpayer-funded dredging project along the Weeki Wachee River could've been avoided if officials better enforced rules on the water, advocate says.

The study area spanned from the headspring at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park to Rogers Park," the updated management plan said. "The only meeting they ever had was a public meeting," Turbeville said.

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — Gliding over the shallow, crystal-clear turquoise water of the Weeki Wachee River, Madison Trowbridge’s kayak seemed like it was floating on air.

The Weeki Wachee River’s headwaters — the Weeki Wachee Spring in the state park — also is where the iconic underwater mermaid show takes place. And a park vendor rents kayaks at the top of ...

But kayaking upriver from the other end of the Weeki Wachee River the following year, we found exactly what we’d been looking for all along. On our left were ramshackle houses, each different ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been famous for its mermaid shows since the attraction opened in 1947. The park also features Florida's only spring-fed water park.

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed ...

WEEKI WACHEE — On Tuesday, one after another, speakers urged Hernando County commissioners to be the trailblazers and ask the state to establish a special protection zone on the Weeki Wachee River.